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Okanagan-Shuswap Local Directory & Community Resources and Info

FoundLocally is committed to providing one-stop information to people about The Okanagan-Shuswap & Thompson region. Here are is key information about this area of British Columbia, including Local Intro & overview, Politican & goverment links and emails, Community Organizations, and Local Photos.

The region has a glorious history, going back to early explorers and fur-traders, but the area really began to boom with the 1850s gold rush. The area's early history is wrapped around the Fraser's as a major waterway into the interior and to extract resources from it.

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New Listing: Sorrento Food BankNew ListingNew Listing: Sorrento Food Bank (added 8/14/2017)

The Sorrento Food Bank proudly serves the communities of Balmoral, Blind Bay, Eagle Bay, Notch Hill, Sorrento & White Lake. We are your community food bank. For more information phone, email or visit our website. We're Here To Help!

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view listing for Central Okanagan Elizabeth Fry SocietyFeatured ListingCentral Okanagan Elizabeth Fry Society

Provides practical, emotional, and justice related support to assist children, youth, and adults who have experienced family violence, adult sexual assault, child sexual assault / abuse, and criminal harassment

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view listing for Penticton SquaresFeatured ListingPenticton Squares

Square and Round Dance Club

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view listing for Sorrento Food BankFeatured ListingSorrento Food Bank

The Sorrento Food Bank proudly serves the communities of Balmoral, Blind Bay, Eagle Bay, Notch Hill, Sorrento & White Lake. We are your community food bank. For more information phone, email or visit our website. We're Here To Help!

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view listing for Shuswap Children's AssociationFeatured ListingShuswap Children's Association

Non Profit Organization

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view listing for Square Root HomesFeatured ListingSquare Root Homes

Professional builder in Kelowna. We Build custom homes since 1990. We only build 1-2 homes per year so that we can focus on high quality.

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view listing for Kootenay Boundary Regional HospitalGovernmentKootenay Boundary Regional Hospital

This hospital has an emergency departments, as well as a number of other wards, and patient services. See website for details.

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view listing for Royal Inland HospitalGovernmentRoyal Inland Hospital

This hospital has an emergency departments, as well as a number of other wards, and patient services. See website for details.

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view listing for RCMP OsoyoosGovernmentRCMP Osoyoos

Providing police services to a country as large and diverse as Canada requires an organization that is both dynamic and well structured. The RCMP has changed with the times to deliver leading edge policing to all Canadians.

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view listing for RCMP KeremeosGovernmentRCMP Keremeos

Providing police services to a country as large and diverse as Canada requires an organization that is both dynamic and well structured. The RCMP has changed with the times to deliver leading edge policing to all Canadians.

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view listing for RCMP CranbrookGovernmentRCMP Cranbrook

Providing police services to a country as large and diverse as Canada requires an organization that is both dynamic and well structured. The RCMP has changed with the times to deliver leading edge policing to all Canadians.

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Community Groups, Government Resources, Links, and Stories

Okanagan-Shuswap Local Information

Along Westbank's shopping district

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    • First settled in the early 1800s, York Region was both a farming and industrial centre in the "Golden Horseshoe". Now a largely suburban community, with lots of rural open spaces, York Region stretches north toward Lake Simcoe. The York Region has several wonderful Conservation Areas with unusual natural features.


    Okanagan-Shuswap Local Government

    Kelowna's City Hall, one of several municpalities in the region

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    • The Okanagan-Shuswaps is a string of modest population centres along the #1 Trans-Canada Highway (Kamloops, Salmon Arm, Sicamous and Revelstoke) along with several communites along Highway #97 along Lake Okanagan: Vernon, Kelowna and Penticton. Each has its own municipal government, which are linked on our site.

    Here are all the email contacts for your elected politicians.


    Okanagan-Shuswap Community Organizations

    Adams River foot bridge, a salmon paradise west of the Shuswaps

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